An intensive raid by a combined team of the police and the army in the oil-producing Ugboren Community of Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State has resulted in the recovery of two FNC assault rifles also known as NATO assault rifles.
The spokesperson for the Delta State Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe, in a statement on Monday said that following the restiveness in the community the state Commissioner of Police, CP Ari Muhammed Ali “directed the DPO Sapele Division to carry out intensive raid in the community and ensure that sanity is restored.
“Consequently, on 28/5/2022 at about 1330hrs, combined teams of Policemen attached to Sapele Division and men of the Nigerian army attached to 91 battalion carried out intensive raid in the community, including their community shrine.
“During the raid, two FNC assault rifles were recovered and two suspects arrested. Measures have been put in place to forestall any further breakdown of law and order.”
